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  • 2 Quakes Hit Near Eureka

    Quakes Hit Near Eureka SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Two earthquakes rattled the far Northern California coast Saturday morning, but authorities say there are no reports of damage or ...

  • Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

    FREMONT, Calif. -; In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 ...

  • Burlingame Japanese restaurant skewered for serving lion meat

    BURLINGAME -- A Japanese restaurant that offers exotic meats may have bitten off more than it can chew.Mokutanya charcoal grill recently added African lion to the menu as a promotional item, and news accounts have generated a swiftly developing backlash on Facebook and other social media sites. Meanwhile, an animal rights advocate, who has investigated how lion meat is produced, said consumers ...

  • Citywise Deborah Edgerly returns to Oakland City Hall as union consultant

    Five years after being fired amid accusations that she tipped off her nephew to an impending police raid, former Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly is back in the thick of city business.SEIU, Local 1021 has hired Edgerly as a consultant to review the city's books as it continues negotiations on a new labor deal for more than 2,000 full and part-time city workers.The union's ...

  • Powerball $600 million jackpot lures hopefuls around the Bay Area

    A clerk at Cole's Market prints out a Powerball lottery ticket in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, May 17, 2013. As of Friday afternoon the Powerball jackpot was $600 million and continued to grow. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News ...


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Movie Review

A Perfect Murder

If there's one thing we've learned from movies in general and film noir in particular, there's no such thing as a perfect murder. The ill-fated scheme depicted in the ironically-titled neo-noir "A Perfect Murder" is a prime example of this. Of course, in the end it's not the developments of the murder plot or the attempted act itself that are really of interest -- it's the aftermath that counts. T ... ...

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  • Bitcoin finding its feet at first Silicon Valley conference

    >http://www.bitcoin2013.com/ ">event is small by Silicon Valley standards, with about 1,000 attendees expected and 19 exhibitors, but it's bustling with startups launching new exchanges, software developers looking to strengthen the Bitcoin network, and venture capitalists seeking places to ...

  • Intel Names Krzanich as New CEO

    POSTED May 2, 2013 SANTA CLARA - Intel Corporation announced that its board of directors has unanimously elected Brian Krzanich as its next chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Paul Otellini. Krzanich will assume his new role at the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 16. Krzanich, Intel's chief operating officer since January 2012, will become the sixth CEO in ...

  • Rapids Game Day preview Colorado at San Jose Earthquakes

    San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski SANTA CLARA, CA - MAY 02: Chris Wondolowski #8 of the San Jose Earthquakes in action against the D.C. United at Buck Shaw Stadium on May 2, 2012 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) --> (Ezra Shaw, Getty ...

  • Ken Venturi Bay Area golf legend dies at age 82

    Bay Area golf legend Ken Venturi, seen here at the opening ceremonies of the 2005 Presidents Cup, passed away on May 17th, 2013 in Rancho Mirage, ...

  • Bay to Breakers Draws Thousands to City

    San Francisco police and other city departments are preparing for the 102nd Bay to Breakers race on Sunday with added security measures following the bombings at the Boston Marathon last ...

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